Citations de Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, 1533-1592

Quotations from Montaigne's Essays
selected and translated by Anthony Weir
with glosses and comments.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne
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2.10.10

Montaigne's ceiling • Le plafond de Montaigne

This aide-mémoire on Montaigne's library-ceiling is one of two which refer to a quotation by Lucretius (Lucrèce : Titus Lucretius Caro, ca. 99 BCE – ca. 55 BCE):














'O miseras hominum mentes, o pectora cæca !
qualibus in tenebris vitæ quantisque periclis degitur hoc ævi quodcumquest!'

Ô malheureux esprits des hommes! Ô cœurs coincés ! dans quelle ignorance de la vie et dans quels dangers se passe ce morceau de vie quel qu’il soit !

O unhappy mind of Man! O stultified hearts! In such ignorance of the world and in such vulnerability are your petty lives eked out.

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